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Designer:
Christopher Pullman, American, b. 1941  Search this
Subject:
Dan Friedman, American, 1945–1995  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
56 x 43.3 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Poster
Object Name:
Poster
Made in:
USA
Date:
1995
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Black and white photograph of top of Dan Friedman’s bald head on a black ground. This is on a black ground with text in white that reads: Radical Modernism: / Works by Dan Friedman / An exhibition of photographs and objects / documenting Friedman’s twenty-five year career / as a designer, artist, and educator. In thought bubble above, in black: Modernism / has been limited / within obvious and simplistic / types of order/ and has rarely reached its potential / for complex, coherent / vitality. This is on a background of fuchsia depicting various items, such as a ruler, a star, wooden panel, and a film reel. On left, column of text in white and black on fuchsia background: Radical Modernism: / Works by Dan Friedman / Exhibition: / Bakalar Gallery / Massachusetts College of Art / 621 Huntington Avenue / Boston, MA 02115 / Opening Reception: / Tuesday, January 17th, 5-7 pm / An informal gallery talk by the / artist will take place from 4-5 pm / immediately preceding the opening. / Exhibit runs Tuesday, January 17 / until Saturday, February 25, 1995. / Open Monday-Friday 10 to 6, / Saturday 11 to 5. / The Gallery is free and open to / the public. It is located at the corner of Longwood and Huntington / Avenue, Longwood/Hospital T stop, / Green line E Train. / Event parking is available diago- / nally across the street in the / MassArt parking lot. The lot closes / at 11pm. / This exhibition has been organized / and circulated by the Goldie Paley / Gallery at Moore College of Art and / Design, Philadelphia, and is sup- / ported by grants from the National / Endowment for the Arts and the / Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. / Call 617-232-1555 x550 for / information on related events. / Slide Lecture: Sponsored by AIGA/Boston / Monday, February 13, 1995 / at 6:30 p.m. in Tower Auditorium, / Massachusetts College of Art. / Tickets: AIGA membership $5.00, / Non-members $10.00, Students / with ID, $3.00, AIGA student / members free, MassArt students / with ID free. Tower Auditorium and / the Bakalar Gallery are wheel-chair / accessible.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ken Friedman
Accession Number:
1997-19-425
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45432b2cf-30f5-4492-a6d3-3cf1c029415b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1997-19-425